My husband and I have been married for five years and have a three-year-old.
When we got married, my husband and I took all our savings and bought a one-bedroom house.
There was no problem with the two of us, but as the children got older, they needed to be given a separate room.
So we discussed a big house.
We sold the existing house, bought a three-bedroom house, and after paying the down payment, there was very little left.
Since I had a baby, I didn't have a job. You can only rely on your husband alone to earn money to pay off your mortgage.
Coupled with the expenses of the family, our days were tight, and the days of constraints overwhelmed me.
So my husband and I discussed going out to find a job to reduce family pressure.
But the child was not taken with him at home, and the husband proposed that the mother-in-law come over to help us with the children and cook.
The mother-in-law and father-in-law are in the countryside, and they are nearly 60 years old.
The body is still quite tough, usually grow some vegetables in the countryside, raise chickens, and live a light and leisurely life.
Breathe in the idyllic fresh air every day, away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
No stress, no worries. Isn't sunrise and sunset the ideal life for all retirees to live in their old age?
I was also worried that my mother-in-law would not come over and leave my father-in-law alone in the countryside.
However, the mother-in-law readily agreed.
When my mother-in-law came, she brought us a bag full of fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as dried bacon and pickles.
These are enough for us to eat for months.
With my mother-in-law running at home, I have no worries and successfully found a job, 5,000 yuan per month, which greatly alleviates the financial burden of the family.
My mother-in-law prepared three meals for our family, and in order not to make her lonely, I downloaded some TV series for her to watch on her mobile phone and pass some boring time.
But the mother-in-law does not use a smartphone, nor does she use WeChat Alipay.
Every time I buy vegetables, I use cash, so I put 2,000 yuan in cash in the drawer of my mother-in-law's room every month for her to buy vegetables.
But a month passed, and when I was ready to put money in again, I found that the 2,000 yuan was not less.
Does the mother-in-law buy vegetables with her own money? Reluctant to use our money, she also knows that her son is paying off the mortgage, and the pressure is high.
But she has no income, and when the money is always spent, I still put in the 2,000 yuan of money for buying vegetables this month.
I told my mother-in-law in the kitchen that my mother usually did not save, and she was not afraid to spend money to buy whatever she wanted.
The mother-in-law softly agreed and continued to cook.
In the third month, when I put money in my mother-in-law's drawer, I found that the 4,000 yuan was missing. There is one more red envelope that puts down the old money.
I thought my mother-in-law had used the money, but I wondered what was in the red envelope.
So I took it apart and looked at it, and inside was a savings card that the husband had saved for his son to use in the future.
There is also a deposit receipt inside, which is exactly 4,000 yuan.
The mother-in-law still did not use the money I gave her to buy vegetables, and saved the money for her grandson.
But she has no income, how can she have the money to buy vegetables?
I couldn't spend my mother-in-law's money all the time, so I put an extra 1,000 yuan in the drawer.
I was about to ask my mother-in-law what was going on? Finding that the door slammed shut, the mother-in-law went out to buy vegetables at this time.
So, I quickly followed my mother-in-law to see how she bought vegetables.
The mother-in-law did not go in the direction of the wet market, but went to a construction site, waved inside, and a man came out of it.
As soon as I saw that this man was my father-in-law, who was almost 60 years old, they smiled at each other and walked together in the direction of the market.
The dishes bought by the mother-in-law are all paid out by the father-in-law, after buying the vegetables.
The father-in-law sent his mother-in-law downstairs and went back by himself.
Looking at my father-in-law's distant figure, I burst into tears.
It turned out that not long after the mother-in-law came, the father-in-law also followed. He also found a job at a nearby construction site, and the money for buying vegetables every month was earned by his father-in-law's part-time job.
Poor parents are willing to give up a leisurely life for the sake of their children.
In order not to let the child worry, they secretly work to earn money to subsidize the child, that is, to make their children live less hard.
When my husband came back, I told him all this with tears in my eyes. And asked the mother-in-law to take the father-in-law back to live at home, and don't let him be outside in the sun and rain anymore.
Now that I know about this, I won't let my father-in-law go out and do physical work.
When we are older, if there is a three long and two short, our children's hearts will not go.
Father's kindness and filial piety is the foundation of family harmony, more money is not important, and it is the most important thing for a family to live together in good health, health, happiness and happiness.